The natural light from the sun was an odd thing to be exited about seeing, unless it was after a near death experience. Being outside in an open aired environment was a beautiful change after their encounter with the league.

All Might had gone in and defeated the remaining villains scattered around the base. Luckily none of the students were hurt with any life threatening injuries. Other than Midoriya's torn legs, which earned him an ambulance straight to Recovery girl, the only wounds from others were bruises and some bleeding from scratches on the skin.

The teachers on the other hand were the ones riddled with problems. The two clones with serious injuries were Fives and Rex who both had been squeezed a little to hard by the now deceased nomu. Fives's bottom left rib had been shattered by the monster and had caused some internal bleeding from the pressure. A kiss from Recovery girl would fix him, though he would still be asleep for a few hours. Now Rex was a whole other definition of hurt.

Kix could only help his captain before the ambulance showed up by washing out his wounds, give him a shot of anesthetics, and wrap up the man with bandages. Though it wasn't exactly fixing the problem, It made the clone feel somewhat better. Still, he struggled to remain conscious through the ordeal.

As for Thirteen and Eraserhead, they were to recover with time. Aizawa had still been beaten badly and was to have bandages wrapped around his face. Thirteen was to be fine thanks to Kix's sealing her torn space suit before anything tragic happened. A couple days to recover and then she would be back on the horse.

The rest of the clones, unlike the other heroes, didn't need an ambulance ride to the hospital. The Phase One armor shook off the hits by the bots and nomu well. They now needed to be repaired but it was more of an afterthought to them at the moment. They were just happy to be alive.

Soon after All Might showed up, the other staff from UA arrived. Most went in to help find the handful of scattered villians but a few stayed outside watching out for any other surprise attacks.

Looking around Midnight noticed Rex being lifted onto a gurney. She walked over to where he was and stood over his body. The captain was on a level of consciousness between the dream world and reality. He saw the world around him but couldn't hear anything. The taste of blood in the back of his throat was the only indicator that what he was looking at was real. And what he was looking at was Midnight standing to his left with a look of happiness.

"I'm glad that your okay Rex. It would have been a shame to lose a good man like you out there." she said. The captain couldn't here the sentence, but an educated guess let him think it was something immature.

Another minute went by and Rex was starting to hear the wailing of poilce sirens around him. His ears had decided to work again, at least for now.

"Three... two... one... Go!" The paramedic said to her partner lifting the clone into the back of one of the ambulances. "Alright! Let's get him to the ER. Start the truck while I set him up the back."

Midnight didn't want to leave Rex yet. She had very much to discuss with the trooper. Plus everyone else at the USJ was doing fine. She would only be taking up space.

"Excuse me mam. I will be riding with this one." she said.

The paramedic looked up at the hero, "Sorry Midnight, only family members are allowed to ride in the back."

Luckily, Midnight had a backup solution to that itsy bitsy detail. "Actually the reason I'm asking to go with is because that's my boyfriend."

"Really now?" she asked suspiciously.

Midnight grinned and flapped her eyelashes "Of course. He's the love of my life!"

"Hmmmmm... okay you can come. But be careful." the paramedic said

"Yes. Now I have that man right where I want him." Midnight thought.

"Miss Akari!" a man shouted running up to the ambulance. "We need you here to tend to the villians All Might has injured!"

"Yes sir! I'll be down there right away!" she stated assertively.

"You get annoyed by having to clean up our messes like this?" Midnight asked jokingly.

"Not really. Your job is tough and I can respect that." she answered back. "Good news for you. Your going to be able to ride to the hospital with my patient by yourself. Just make sure he stays down and doesn't get off the gurney."

(X)

Ahsoka sat next to Kirishima and watched as police officers positioned themselves around USJ readying to take down anyone who tried to escape.

"Listen, there was no other way to stop him. You know I had to do it to em." Ahsoka explained away.

Kirishima looked up at the girl. His blood red eyes stared deep into her soul looking for a cure to the empty feeling in his stomach. "I know. That was my plan after all. It's just isn't right that it worked." he said in a saddening tone. "I'm not mad at you Ahsoka. You were only trying to save us and I'm happy that you succeeded."

"Kirishima." Ahsoka said rubbing her hand on the side of his face. "A wise man once told me nothing happens by accident. It is the will of the world that has allowed you to do this. Sometimes as heroes we will have no choice but to take life away from others."

The boy stared down at his hand. He might not have been the one to slay the nomu, but there was still blood on him none the less. For as long as he walked the Earth, that blood was there to stay, but it was his choice to let it go. "Maybe you got a point Tano." he said smiling now.

As the two sat in silence, Todoroki and Bakugou walked over. A few more awkward seconds ticked before Shouto spoke. "We feel it is appropriate to thank you both for stopping that thing. Without Kirishima's plan and Ahsoka's quick insticts, the battle could have taken a turn for the worst."

"Yeah, thanks." Bakugou said in a disgruntled tone before walking off just as quick as he had showed up. His hands were once again in his pocket

"Why is he like this?" an annoyed Ahsoka asked.

"He's a competitive person. I'll give him that. Though the other aspects of him admittedly need work." Kirishima said.

Todoroki kept watching Bakugou as he walked away. A few minutes ago he had told the explosive student that they should show there gratitude by thanking their colleagues. Nevertheless, Shoto still saw Ahsoka as a rival rather than a friend. But unlike Bakugou, he grew up with manners. "I'll see you two later." he quietly said before walking in a different direction.

"Leave it to that explosive buffoon to get jealous and envious in a life or death situation!" Tano commented.

"Ahsoka!"

Tano turned around and was delighted to see two jedi masters and a senator walk towards her.

"Mast- I mean Mr. Skywalker, Mr. Kenobi, and Ms. Amidala!" she said getting up to greet the three.

Anakin embraced the girl with a tight hug. "I'm sorry we couldn't come for you all sooner. We had to stay back and protect the school on orders of Principle Nezu. If it was up to me I would have-"

"Anakin!" Ahsoka said breaking up the jedi's ramblings. "Were all fine. Some of us may have been badly injured but were all alive.

Though Anakin still had a hard time comprehending the situation, it did cease him from overreacting. Even in the universe without a galactic war, his friends which he considered family were still not safe.

"Hey! Your that new metal shop teacher aren't you?!" Kirishima said shaking the jedi knight's hand suddenly. "Oh cool! Is that robotic?!"

"Yes and yes." Anakin said forcing back the worry in his voice for his one and only padawan.

As Kirishima distracted Anakin with a flurry of questions, the three others had their own conversation.

"We are inherently glad to see that your well Ahsoka, but even happier to hear that there were no fatalities either." Padme said.

"I know it must be frustrating that this attack has ruined you and your classmates day." Obi-Wan added.

"You are not wrong master, I am frustrated, but more towards a certain someone at this point."

"And who may that be?" the jedi master asked kindly to make sure Ahsoka wasn't feeling pressured.

"Bakugou, Katsuki Bakugou is an annoyance to me and everyone else in class 1-A."

"Now why would you feel that way Ahsoka?" asked Padme. "I've seen you get along with people from all walks of life."

"There is no humanity in that guy. Everything to him is a competition no matter what the situation. For example, he is actually angry that I was the one to kill the nomu and not himself."

Obi-Wan wanted to turn that statement around to his favor in hopes of turning it into some sort of lesson. But in all honesty, Ahsoka was right. A second later, Tano continued her ramblings.

"This attitude has stem from the values of this society. Everyone wants to be a hero that earns money and fame. The world is built around it. I'm pretty sure the people in this city could name the top ten heroes currently but not their last five prime ministers."

"Ahsoka-"

"Everyday were here the more I resent Bakugou and the planet."

"Ahsoka!" Padme said raising her voice enough to stop the padawan from saying something she would regret. "Perhaps you need to see the bigger picture."

The teen's light blue eyes narrowed in on Padme not sure what she was getting at. "What do you mean?"

"Think about the more positive aspects of the fight today. It seems to me that your other classmates are willingly listening to ideas without causing a dispute. Don't let one rotten person among many kind souls cloud your mind of this world. I for one am enjoying myself teaching government and economics to these students."

Padme was not wrong. Ahsoka had had no other problems with anyone other than Bakugou. Todoroki seemed like a weird kid staring at her from a distance when he didn't think she was looking. But then again he did that to everyone. Mineta also seemed to stare a lot just in a not so subtle or kind manner, but she could deal with that another time.

Still, having negative views towards Bakugou was not going to change. But just for her friend's sake, Tano would act like she learned something.

"You make a valid point Padme." Ahsoka said smiling in hope of ending the conversation quicker.

Running up from behind, Dogma yelled for the jedi master before almost giving a salute. He had to remember he was "a teacher" not a soldier.

"How are you Dogma?" Kenobi asked.

"Tired and irritated to be honest." he said.

"Don't be ashamed to admit that. I am too and I wasn't the one fighting." the general said back. "Who is injured?"

"We were all banged up while in there, but Fives, Rex, Aizawa, that teacher Thirteen, and the student Izuku Midoriya were the major casualties. All of them will seemingly make a full recovery soon except maybe Rex."

"What happened to him?" Obi-Wan said scratching his chin out of habit.

"His ribs were cracked for sure but his body as a whole was beaten down terribly. We will know the full extent later." Dogma answered.

"I know Rex is tough as metal, but we should still hope for the best." Obi-Wan said looking down at the ground reflecting on everything that was debriefed.

(X)

"Come on honey, wake up." Midnight whispered.

The woman watched the armored man breathe slowly in rhythm. Dirt and blood still covered Rex as he tried to sleep his troubles away.

Midnight rubbed her hand over his helmet. She was surprised the paramedic hadn't taken it off before she left. Maybe she had forgotten in the moment.

"Midnight?" the captain said in a gargle. "Where am I?"

"Your in an ambulance being taken to a hospital. Any other dumb questions silly?"

It all came flooding back to Rex. The battle, the nomu, his disastrous attempt at saving Fives were as clear as air.

"Why are you here with me?" he said.

"You needed an escort, and I was glad to be it."

The captain gave out a sigh of exhaustion. "Thank you."

This surprised Midnight. "Hmmm. I thought you hated me."

"What!" Rex said in a voice more clear than before that moment. "Why would you think that?"

"Well for one you reject my advances." Midnight said.

"Okay that's a... ooooowwww!" Rex's sides were again feeling extremely soar. The anesthetics had worn off and he was now thriving in pain.

"Don't worry. Midnight is gonna take care of you." she said.

The woman then grabbed the proper needle left for her by the paramedic. Slowly, she stuck it into his exposed legs which were revealing tan skin.

"Feeling better?" Midnight asked.

Rex rolled his eyes under the helmet. "Yes. Thank you."

Midnight smiled from the comment while looking down at the troopers legs. "Pretty tan now are we. Would you like to show me anything else?"

"Like what?" Rex questioned slowly.

"Like that face you keep hiding from the public." she said rubbing her finger back and forth towards the bottom of the helmet."

"She really isn't letting up." Rex thought. Though Midnight was an annoyance to Rex anytime she was close by, he had to admit, she was aggressive. Aggressive in the way of "Let me see what I want to see or so help me God I will not stop."

"Sorry Midnight, but I have my reasons for remaining visually anonymous."

"Then who are you working for? CIA? MIC? The Men in Black?" She interrogated growing more annoyed by the second.

"Listen Nemuri, there are some things you just cannot understand. Leave me be please."

For the longest minute of Rex's life, Midnight stared blankly at him. Suddenly, her lips moved again forming a smile before bursting out in a laugh.

"It's truly amazing you think I will actually leave you alone. No sweety, I'll find out what your hiding not by ripping that helmet off your head right now, but by letting you show me your secret all on your own." she explained.

"Okay." Rex said with uncertainty on how to properly react to the threat.

Now that she made her point, Midnight found it best to lay her head on the captain's chest piece.

Surprisingly, Rex didn't object to this action. For one, the woman had stopped with her excessive talking and he wanted to keep it that way. Secondly, it felt quite nice. Her petite frame resting on him was memorizing in the clones eyes.

A few minutes later, the ambulance came to a stop at the front entrance of the emergency room. Midnight lifted her head up and leaned into the side of the trooper's helmet. "Rest up so we can go on that date." she whispered.

"I told you already, I don't date."

"Well good thing I know one way to pressure you." she said mischievously grinning.

A second later, the doors opened up and two paramedics slid Rex out. Behind them were several cameras taking photos of the heroes.

"Midnight!" a woman with a microphone shouted. "What brings you here to this hospital."

"Weeeelllll..." she said looking back towards the captain. "Pro hero Rex needed assistance on the way here. But I do have more to say."

The news reporter leaned the mic in closer eagerly awaiting for a newsworthy response.

"Even though he was badly injured from the attack, Rex asked me on a date which I gladly accepted."

Not one time in his life did the media ever notice him. In his world he was seen more as a tool, not a person. Earth on the other hand has given him a face to the public. He was pro hero Rex, teacher at UA and possibly Midnight's new boyfriend in the eyes of the people. Millions upon millions of people.

As the clone was rolled away, his stomach knotted up out of fear. Keeping a low profile was out of the picture now thanks to this oblivious attention seeking woman.

"Shit." he mumbled before falling back to sleep.

(X)

The school was on lockdown once the 1-A students arrived back. The hallways were quiet like never before. Sounds of shuffling feet were the only noises that were heard as the students walked in a cold silence.

The clones were ordered by Obi-Wan to assist the students back to the school. They were to protect then with their lives.

When all the kids had been placed in homeroom, the clones brainstormed their next move. Kix sent Echo and himself to the nurses office to patch up his marks, the rest stayed behind to guard 1-A.

It was the first time the students had been alone with the masked men. Even though they were on their side, the heroes were still... frightening.

At USJ, there was no compromise to take the beast down in a non-lethal fashion. It was shoot to kill just like that for them. This got the students wondering if this is how they operate all the time. How many had died by their hand?

Both parties sat in an awkward silence as the clock ticked closer to the end of the day where the parents could hug their babies again.

Needing to end the tension, Jesse stepped up to the podium.

"Listen guys. I'm sure you have all been affected by this engagement."

A few nodding heads indicated he was right.

"I just want you all to know we think you did well." Jesse continued.

"How so?" Ojiro asked raising his hand.

"You all held your own against a force far larger and more experienced than you. Hold your head up high knowing that much."

The statement made the class feel a little better. Thinking back to it, they really did do well against the criminals. Maybe they were being to hard on themselves.

"I know things like this can be scary, but we'll make sure nothing happens to you all." Jesse said. "Your safety is our number one priority."

As more minutes ticked by, the students started talking amongst themselves. Where they were, how they felt, and how many people they beat up were the topics.

"Hey Mr. Jesse." Tsuyu said.

"Yeah kid?"

"Why did you all choose to do this if you don't have quirks?" she asked.

Wasn't really uncommon for the frog girl to ask a deep question. It is a massive trait of who she was as a person.

Tup spoke before anyone could say anything stupid. "We did this because we feel obligated. It's not a beautiful life but we have the opportunity to make this world slightly better."

Under his helmet. Jesse let out a sigh of relief. "Good answer rookie."

(X)

Tomura drank another shot hoping to ease the pain. It still hurt but the "doctor" was working as fast as he could.

Back at USJ, he was extremely lucky to be able to grab his hand before being pulled through the portal back to the base. Only after did his hand start bleeding to no end.

Putting in the final stitch, the three foot tall lizard man wiped the sweat from his wet forehead. "All done sir, how does it feel?"

Tomura looked up, with anger in his eyes. "Just peachy."

"Gooooooood." the lizard hissed in a nervous panic gathering his tools and throwing them in a suitcase. "I should be on my way now-"

Shigaraki had put his hand on top of the lizard man"s head. His dry crusted tips rubbed the smooth skin back and forth like a cat. "You failed me."

Almost crying, lizard man shouted in his defense, "What do you mean?! I built the robots exactly the way you asked! Do you have any idea how difficult it was to assemble all that?!"

Shigaraki ignored the ramblings instead deciding to watch the television. The news was currently interviewing All Might as he gave the camera his smile. That damn smile. The smile of a man who is happy controlling society almost single handedly.

"Why do you not like All Might doctor?"

The lizard was hesitant to answer as he feared for his life. He took a gulp. "All Might stands in the way of what us criminals like to do."

"Is that it doctor?" Shigaraki said.

Another gulp. "Yes."

This did not please Tomura. Without a second thought he activated his quirk and dusted the man.

What was left of the lizard could have been swept up with a pan and broom.

"It's a shame really. I wish he would have given me a correct answer. But no, it's another villain who only wants what's best for him. Do you remember why were doing this Kurogiri?"

At the moment, the villain was behind the bar cleaning a shot glass he had just used to wash away the day's failure. Without looking up he gave an answer. "Of course, were doing this for Earth. Heroes who work for governments hold citizens back. Licenses, restrictions, and laws for and against quirk usage are equivalent to a dog leash. Well guess what, this dog doesn't want to be told how to use his talents. Everyone has the right to use their quirk however they want and whenever they want."

Tomura sat back down. "That's why I find you to be a helpful ally."

As the two talked a certain tv joined the conversation.

"Hello Tomura." the calming voice said.

"Hello master." the villian sadly replied.

"I heard of your failure, and I just wanted to talk."

Tomura puffed out an exhausted and defeated sigh. The feeling of never being good enough crept into his mind more than ever before.

"I am fine with this." his master said

Shigaraki looked up somewhat confused. "But I failed you. I couldn't beat All Might."

"I know." All For One said. "But you had a lot of factors working against you. The new teachers and student were a log in the road. Sadly we couldn't take them into account sooner. Also,the fact you had such a large goal in mind didn't connect with your lack of experience."

Tomura stared down at his stitched hand. The operation to put it back together was agonizing. The more he looked the angrier he got. That girl was gonna pay one way or another for this.

"We will have other opportunities Tomura, don't you worry." All For One said.

"When?" Shigaraki eagerly asked.

"That's the thing. I don't know when. But I do know one thing. To win a war you have to know your enemy." he said. "A week from now, UA will host their annual sports festival for the first years. I recommend watching it my student."

His master was a genius. If Tomura had to beat the students to get to All Might, he needed to be ten steps ahead of them in a fight. So what could be better than a televised playbook.

"Good luck to the both of you." All For One said before leaving.

(X)

Grievous and Ventress were rarely seen in the same room together. Not only were they rival leaders in the CIS, their personal goals were polar opposites. General Grievous saw the war as a way to gain power and trinkets. Anyone that stood in the way of those goals were to be destroyed. Meanwhile, Ventress saw the war as a way to please her master. If she fought bravely and succeeded in her tasks, they both could overthrow Sidious enabling them to rule the galaxy for themselves.

Today was different. Dooku explicitly told the pair to meet him personally at his palace.

The two entered unaware of the circumstances. The Count stood behind his desk staring out the window detailing the view through his eyes.

"I have an eccentric mission for you both." the Sith Lord walked toward his desk and pressed a button revealing a map of the black hole that the jedi were sucked into.

"What is the meaning of this master?" Asajj asked.

"You both know that I had a small group of jedi sucked through that black hole. I thought it would be the last I heard from them until I started to receive visions. Visions of Skywalker still alive. And trust me, my visions don't deceive."

Grievous let out a cough before speaking. "Impossible. How can a man survive that."

"I don't know General. I don't know. But we will find out." Dooku stated. "I can feel his life force still intact. He is surely breathing but I'm just not sure where."

"Let me guess, we are to find him." Ventress interrupted.

"Precisely my Assassin." the sith said. "I have a guess that the crew had entered lightspeed before going through. He must have exited in a different part of space. Ventress, I need you to go through and find him."

The young woman's eyes boiled with anger. "That is suicide! Even if I were to live, how would I be able to get back?!"

"Save it!" Dooku barked in a harsh tone. "I'm not sending you in naked. Before being captured by the Republic, Lok Durd had been developing a weapon capable of instant transmission. I had many men secretly work on the project for a while now."

"Does it work my lord?" Grievous asked.

"Yes." Dooku said. "The tests have been met with great success. There is only one problem. The project can only work for set points meaning there is only two places possible to travel to and from. Ventress I need you to set up the second point with the help of droids I will be sending along through."

Ventress was not ready for this. Her master was willing to send her careening into a black hole to kill Skywalker. Then again, completing a mission of this scale would surely have her master thinking more positive of how far she's come. "I understand my master."

The Count nodded his head then faced Grievous. "As for you General, your fleet will set up the teleporter outside of the black holes gravitational pull."

"Why there? Wouldn't it be smarter to have my point somewhere deep in Separatist territory where the Republic cannot get to it?" the cyborg asked.

"It needs to be there so it can keep a direct connection to its partner. It may not work at farther distances like your suggesting. And that's a risk I'm not willing to take."

This sentence calmed Asajj somewhat knowing that her master wasn't letting her die with zero hope of survival.

"Do you both understand your mission?" the Count asked.

"Yes my lord." The two said in unison.

"Good. Your both dismissed. We have much work to do."